Genus | Prunus |
Species | cerasus |
Common Name | Pie cherry, sour cherry, tart cherry, or dwarf cherry |
Abbreviation | P. cerasus |
Ploidy | Tetraploid |
Chromosome Number | 2n = 4x = 32 |
Genome Size | 620 Mb |
Genome Assemblies | 1 |
Cross Reference | NCBI taxon: 140311 |
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Prunus cerasus (sour cherry, tart cherry, or dwarf cherry) is a species of Prunus in the subgenus Cerasus (cherries), native to much of Europe, North Africa and West Asia. It is closely related to the sweet cherry (Prunus avium), but has a fruit that is more acidic. Its sour pulp is edible.
The tree is smaller than the sweet cherry (growing to a height of 4–10 m), has twiggy branches, and its crimson-to-near-black cherries are borne upon shorter stalks. There are two main varieties (groups of cultivars) of the sour cherry: the dark-red Morello cherry and the lighter-red Amarelle cherry.
Whole Genome Sequences & Annotations for Prunus cerasus
Prunus S genes Nucleotide
Prunus S genes Protein
The Prunus S gene sequences are available in FASTA format.
CDS and Protein (FASTA file) | S-gene_Prunus |
Goeckeritz CZ, Rhoades KE, Childs KL, Iezzoni AF, VanBuren R, Hollender CA. Genome of tetraploid sour cherry (Prunus cerasus L.) 'Montmorency' identifies three distinct ancestral Prunus genomes. Hortic Res. 2023 May 10;10(7):uhad097. doi: 10.1093/hr/uhad097.
Wöhner TW, Emeriewen OF, Wittenberg AHJ, Nijbroek K, Wang RP, Blom EJ, Schneiders H, Keilwagen J, Berner T, Hoff KJ, Gabriel L, Thierfeldt H, Almolla O, Barchi L, Schuster M, Lempe J, Peil A, Flachowsky H. The structure of the tetraploid sour cherry 'Schattenmorelle' (Prunus cerasus L.) genome reveals insights into its segmental allopolyploid nature. Front Plant Sci. 2023 Dec 1;14:1284478. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1284478.